iam waiting i am waiting for the final result. it is the intention of the voting but i waiting for the final result. iam happy but i waiting for the final result. i am happy because now my party is in first position because it is not at the same level. looking at their forza italia figures, the same as your coalition partners to the far—right. is this the end of silver berlusconi in forza italia? absolutely not. we will shake in the

i yemm rico hizon. —— iam.s expelling 60 american diplomats in retaliation, after the us ordered a similar number of russians to leave in the row over the poisoning of a former spy. donald trump has suggested he may delay the trade agreement the us agreed with south korea until a deal is struck with north korea over denuclearisation. as police investigations continue in shropshire, after reports that up to a thousand girls may have been abused over the past four decades — a woman has told the bbc that her teenage son was being groomed there until very recently. 0ur midlands correspondent sima kotecha reports. it is an image that telford doesn't want — a town where child abuse is common. but it is not clear how true this is. recent newspaper reports claimed hundreds of girls could have been abused here over the last four decades. a woman who doesn't want to be identified told the bbc her teenage son was being groomed in the town up until six months ago. they were giving him money, taking advantage of him, gettin

iam i am david iam david eades. negative energy: britain talks tough over the poisoned spy. but with russia pumping 11 million barrels of oil a day — and more than a third of europe's gas — do economics talk louder? and on the markets, stocks continue to fall on fears of a global trade war — as president trump talks about fresh tariffs on chinese

iam i am not a gambler, iam nota gambler, i i am not a gambler, i am iam nota gambler, iam nota speculatorll we can control. if we play well we will get a bonus point, if we do not play well, we will get beaten, if we play above—average, we will win the game. they'll hope for better conditions than we saw in bath last night. in torrential rain, they beat northampton to reach the anglo—welsh cup final. fortunately levi douglas wasn't afraid of the mud — his try helped bath to win by 13 points to 12. manchester city may be flying ahead, in the premier league title race, but the fight for second place is warming up nicely. two of the contenders meet at lunchtime, with manchester united facing liverpool at old trafford. their last meeting back in october ended in a goalless draw, with united playing a defensive game and jurgen klopp won't be afraid to do likewise. it is not a battle of systems or philosophies. it's two very good football teams who face each other. when united will attack, i hope all my players are involved in defending, to be honest. if somebody says we are parking the bus in

iam very i am very happy to congratulate the music man project in southend for the record they have achieved in tinkling triangles. now there's a phrase you don't hear a prime minister say every day. and that's all. so from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there. no frost to greet thursday morning

iam cityjust on the strength of that, but... i am very happy to congratulate the music man project, for the record they have achieved in tinkling triangles. there is a phrase you don't hear the prime ministers say every day. that's all for now. there is a round—up of the day in parliament every night at 11pm on bbc parliament. for now, from me, mandy baker, goodbye. friday felt like spring in some

iam sense of how the european day is going. i am hoping we will get the european numbers. we are trying to change them, but we can't, so i will hand over to jamie.

have you got one better i mean, iam here, so i am modern.so i am expecting it to be at home when i returned home. we have to stop there. thank you very much. good to see you stop at hello there. thursday was another pretty mild day. we saw a top temperature of 15.1 celsius in the north—east of scotland, making this the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. now, during the overnight period, you'll be seeing a series of weather fronts moving in from the west, bringing outbreaks of rain. quite a lot of cloud around, also strengthening wind, too. but by the end of the night into the early hours of friday, i think most of the rain will become confined to scotland, northern ireland, northern england. the weather front further south will have barely any rain on it, as it reaches eastern england. just the odd spit and spot, it'lljust be mainly cloud. but where we have the cloud cover, it's going to be another fairly mild start to friday. so friday starts off on a grey note for many. outbreaks of heavy and persistent rain in the northern half

iam also think larry kudlow is a good chance.so speaking to many others, but i think larry has a good chance. thank you all, i will see you at the wall. i will see you at the wall. president macron speaking to reporters who had many questions about the reshuffle. —— president trump. plenty to chew over there. let's cut back to barbara and washington. president trump just confirming what you were saying that he had not spoken to rex tillerson in advance of the announcement. he was also very upfront and the disagreement the two men have had which has led to the decision. those disagreements quite public in the last year on various issues, but it is interesting that president trump was talking about iran. he has criticised the agreement very strongly, and rex tillerson along with some other cabinet secretaries we re with some other cabinet secretaries were trying to get mr trump to not pull out of the deal. he said, i thought it was terrible and he thought it was terrible and he thought it was ok. there were other things they disagr

on this point, iam mindfulthat that we need to get through.e an opposition candidate tried to remove vladimir putin from the kremlin. but your message to the outside world is what? that you support his invasion and annexation of crimea? that you support russian trips in eastern ukraine? that you support the intervention... —— russian troops. two i support some things and not others. -- i support something. crimea was never ukrainian. the mistake was made by boris yeltsin when they didn't even consider the issue of crimea when they signed the agreements. because nobody even thought that crimea is ukrainian at that time. and hejust let it thought that crimea is ukrainian at that time. and he just let it go without any — without even putting — because he was so fast and hard to move these agreements forwards because he wanted to be the president of russia. he was the president of russia, but it was gorbachev who was the president of the soviet union. in order to push through the agreements and just destroy the soviet union. through the agreements

yes, iam getting involved, enacting what is going on. it is really cold. well, we need to listen to what you have to say, because it is changing all the time. and there are destructions to travel. we are seeing snow here in london, and is not settling on the roads, but as you can see, a dusting behind me in cambridge. a dusting in part of supper, and parts of ethics. i apologise that i have not been able to get more weather watchers on this afternoon. so much whether going on. let's have a look at why this is changing. these atlantic mild winds, and this high—pressure thinking that has allowed the siberian winds back across the country, and they are really busting in the snow showers. most of the showers are now falling as snow, and what we have in the southis as snow, and what we have in the south is now turning to sleet and snow, as well. it will settle, it is settling in the gardens come on the pavements, and it will turn quite icy, and it will be a bitterly cold afternoon. the winds are really buffeting across the western side. it wi

iam happy team demented, wanted to fulfil that.ng scoring runs. really good for the country and that we started the first game. that is the main thing. so we are trying to do it day by day and we are taking one by one match. so we are not too confident about this winning, we will do our best day by day. frenchmanjonathan ivair has won stage three of the paris—nice as luis leon sanchez took the overall lead. ivair, sanchez and remy di gregorio took advantage of a climb and steep descent late in the stage to make the most of their break into chatel—guyon, but ivair had the strength to ride away from the rest of the field. his compatriot arnaud demare who held the yellowjersey was fourth as he won the bunch sprint in the chasing peleton, but it wasn't close enough to retain the race lead, which went to sanchez. in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins ina in the nba, houston looking for 16 wins in a row. they haven't won the title since 1995, they are top at of the western conference at oklahoma city leading 32— 30 approaching half—tim

iam not a big them, she says. has not been paid for this interview but the motivation has been questioned by top —— victim. she is raising more money, she is appearing for high appearance fees at different venues. people say she is doing this for the money. at different venues. people say she is doing this for the moneyli believe is doing this for the money.” believe without a shadow of a doubt, in my heart— and some people argue at not have one of those — that i was doing the right thing. i turned down a large pay date for multiple ties because one i did not want to kiss and tell and be labelled all the things that i win labelled now. worked for a career very hard and most only i did not want my family and my child exposed to all the things she is being exposed to right i'iow things she is being exposed to right now because everything that i was afraid of coming out has come out a nyway afraid of coming out has come out anyway and, guess what, i do not have $1 million. you did not even buy me breakfast. that is a

iam really exciting thing to happen in my whole superior.it is just such an amazing thing to happen. the two male polar bears at the park are keptin male polar bears at the park are kept ina male polar bears at the park are kept in a separate enclosure, well away from the female and its new offspring. the one you can just see at the back will never meet his club. this replicates what would happen in the wild. —— will never meet his cub. the cub copies everything its mum does. inquisitive and, for the most part, fearless. some conservationists question whether these animals should ever be bred in captivity, but keep is hearsay diminishing sea ice threatens the polar bear population in the wild. —— but keepers hearsay. we try to give them the best quality—of—life we can, we have some of the biggest enclosures in captivity. the wild population is in trouble. whilst we may not be able to do right now, it may be necessary to do right now, it may be necessary to to augment the wild population from a captive population in future. the area the cub i

iam asking... heckling i am asking... i am asking...e chancellor and i am asking every conservative mp... order! the house must calm down. there were plenty of opportunity for questioning for members in all parts of the house. the right honourable gentleman must be heard. john mcdonnelle the right honourable gentleman must be heard. john mcdonnell i am asking, iam be heard. john mcdonnell i am asking, i am appealing to tory mps today, if they are serious about ending austerity, to vote for us this afternoon to give those children the free school milk they are entitled to. the chancellor has shifted the deficit onto the home secretary and the justice secretary. crime is rising yet he has cut the number of police officers by 21 point 5000. the number of firefighters by eight point 5000 and oui’ firefighters by eight point 5000 and our prisons and probation service are in dangerous crisis. in shifting the deficit onto the shoulders of the deficit onto the shoulders of the secretary of state for communities and local government in reality s

that is partly what iam thinking. believe in evil? that is partly what i am thinking.elieve in 01’ think it matters what i believe in or what i think, it matters what i do in or what i think, it matters what i doina or what i think, it matters what i do in a sense. i think there is evil. that is a terrible question, i don't want to answer it in a terrible, funny way because i see how quickly you can get to evil and igrok how quickly you can get to evil and i grok the world where we thought the germans and japanese, world war two, were the evil. to find out that we don't fight wars any was very traumatic. i am wondering if you feel, from your reporting from vietnam, including my lai, and the iraqi invasion and its aftermath, do you believe yourjournalism has made a difference? sure. absolutely. i am not walking around as if i am out 0lympus brushing so from my mental because i am working hard, of course it did,i because i am working hard, of course it did, iam because i am working hard, of course it did, i am aware of that. also, there are things it didn't do. it didn't

iam six michael says those meals are a joke.ir of the continuing trend of experts taking the fun out of life. thank you for those. here‘s some sport now. sir bradley wiggins says he is the victim of a smear campaign after a dcms report claimed that he and team sky crossed an ethical line in the use of prescribed drugs. wiggins says he has 100% never cheated in his career, but speaking to our sports editor, dan roan, he did concede that the legal use of a powerful corticosteroid to treat his asthma and pollen allergy may have led to performance enhancement. i think intention is the key. was there a performance enhancement? you tell me there was. there might well be. there may well have been. but they were the rules at the time, and to treat this problem that is what i was prescribed. i can change the last five years. do you feel let down by what you are advised to do? —— i can‘t change. i think i have been let down since in terms of the last 12, 15 months, what has happened. the packages on the outcome of this report based on ano

my name is tony giles, iam from england i and bethlehem.lind and severely deaf in both ears and i travelling around the world, trying to visit every country. the response to those fields featuring tony has been amazing so thank you for all your m essa g es amazing so thank you for all your messages and we hope to have from tony in the programme sometime soon. science up on social media and you can share your travels. prone tokyo, it is good buys. —— from tokyo it is a good buy. hello there. this weekend is looking better than last weekend. certainly much warmer and on sunday, we should see good spells of sunshine. a bit cloudy on saturday, and the reason for the cloud through saturday is because of this feature — this deep area of low pressure running into the south of the uk. further north, though, it should be clearer and as a result, it's going to be a colder start to saturday. the cloud will be thick enough, outbreaks of rain across england and wales. the odd heavier bursts across wales, central southern parts of england with quite a br

serve until iam rather than 11pm on friday the 18th and saturday the 19th of may.ime to catch up with all the sport now. lots of football around. i say that, that which wasn't called off. some football around. lots of other stuff around, including athletics. yes, two world championships come to a close today. the track cycling in the netherlands going well for british cycling. it with seems to go well to them. we will come to them ina well to them. we will come to them in a moment. and medals every day in birmingham as well for the world indoor athletics. the final day today and there have been medals every day. thanks do her in the most part. yes, she had got half of them. she got bronze on the opening night. she has now got silver. it came in the 1500m. the same three women finished on the podium, as ethiopia's genzebe dibaba completed the double, but this time muir finished ahead of the netherlands sifan hassan. it's been a great championships for muir, who is 2a. she is a double european champion but says that these medals prove that she can now mix it with he

iam happy but i waiting for the final result.my party is in first position because it is not at the same level. looking at their forza italia figures, the same as your coalition partners to the far—right. is this the end of silver berlusconi in forza italia? absolutely not. we will shake in the end but the result is good for us and we also have the regional campaign in lombardy and lazio. it is important to understand what happens tomorrow because at the moment nobody is able to organise and create a government. very optimistic about silver berlusconi and forza italia's results. five star movement is an antique establishment falls. what do you think this government is going to look like? how much of a pata will five star movement play, they are at 35% within. will five star movement play, they are at 3596 within. five star movement performed pretty much how we expected to perform, even better than the polls predict that a couple of weeks ago. what we can say now, and this is pretty much what a lot of people were discussing during

but iam missing this is a big week. i love them. but i am missing janet.e russian election, any thoughts on that? the russian stock market hasn't moved much in quite a while, ironically. but the economy is where the big problem is and president yeltsin dr idid say problem is and president yeltsin dr i did say yeltsin! i am showing my age! mr putin. you only read about him in history books. that is a blast from the past. the economy is back in president yeltsin's age, even though it is president putin now. still to come. healthy body, healthy mind! later in the programme, we'll be getting the inside track still to come. on the business of staying in shape! you're with business live from bbc news. stay with us. travelodge has released full year results today. total revenues grew 6.6% to £637.1 million in the 12 months to december. and it has also announced the expansion plans including something called the superbly. joining us now is peter gowers, the chief executive of travelodge. huge expansion, you're going to employ a lot more people. britain is becoming

iam i am sorry, we have lost that link their in salisbury.ing you the latest weather forecast now. it is causing travel disruption as well. this snowy picture was taken in mid wales this morning. we've got more snow to come in mid wales. there are still amber warnings out from the met office through the rest of the day, especially across the south and the west. we will continue to see showers falling across the north—east of england, as through the central lowlands of scotland. the north—west, part of northern ireland will see dry and brighter weather, but this is the greatest concern. up to 20 centimetres, severe weather. it'll be blowing a gale. blizzard conditions and bitterly cold. some treacherous conditions for those out and about. it stays bitingly cold overnight even though we start to lose a lot of the snow, it will be a hard frost. a penetrating frost for the south. things start to ouine down a little bit tomorrow as we get high moving in. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... snow and ice are causing difficult driving conditio

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it's 9am in singapore, iam in london and 9pm in new york where britain requested an emergency meetingunited nations security council to discuss the use of a nerve agent to poison a russian spy and his daughter. the british ambassador said it was a reckless act and said russia was to blame. earlier in london, british prime minister theresa may went to parliament to say what she planned to do about it. it's the most dramatic action against moscow in 30 years. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. it was right to offer russia the opportunity to provide an explanation. but their response has demonstrated complete disdain for the gravity of these events. the midnight deadline came and went, leaving a morning with no new answers. theresa may went prepared to prime minister's questions, ready to announce the biggest diplomatic action against russia since the cold war. they have treated the use of a military grade nerve agent in europe with sarcasm, contempt and defiance. so, mr speaker, there is no alternative conclusion, other than that the russian state was culpable for the attem

iam going instructor do? laughter. i am going to shock you now. it is the same.lot of racers attempt to make it in motorsport, leading to succeed. so long to it is focused on that part anything can happen. at the moment it is the peaktime broster tried to push through. it is my time, it is now or never, and i will do everything i can to try to do it. cities around the world have been marking earth hour — an environmental campaign which invites people to come together to make a contribution to tackling climate change. one of the ways that's being done is by people in cities simply turning out their lights for an hour, to save power and reduce energy usage. this was the scene in taipei in taiwan, where tower 101 led the way, by switching into darkness. in manila in the philippines, this group of star wars fans took a different approach — wandering around the city's commercial district using only the illumination from their light sabres. in paris, it was the eiffel tower which slowly went dark, from the top to the bottom. and london also took part. you may recognise

iam now i am now having to pay for my thyroid medication because the ccg needs to save money.ional insurance and this is not fair. theresa may asked for the details of the cases he'd raised. may i just take this may ijust take this opportunity of reminding him that i think he raised the case about georgina with me last hobart and hasn't written to me about that. and theresa may went on to defend the government's record on the health service. jeremy corbyn said georgina's case had been resolved before he'd had a chance to bring it to the prime minister, showing the power of parliament. he moved on to funding. the nhs is clearly in crisis, so why wasn't there a penny extra for the nhs in yesterday's statement by the chancellor? prime minister... can i say to the right honourable gentlemen, we didn't wait until yesterday's spring statement to announce more money for the nhs. we are now sit in the budget last autumn! and as a result of that, the nhs is getting {2.5 billion more in the forthcoming financial year, 18, 19, and more to resolve the nurses pay settlement. a recent repor

iam humbled things to change, we have to do it for ourselves.ed by these women, and i am honoured tojoin their inspired by these women, and i am honoured to join their ranks. cynthia nixon's bid for public office in new york. in a moment, it will be time for beyond 100 days. in a moment, it'll be time for beyond 100 days. first, time for a look at the weather, with tomasz schafernaker. you will certainly notice just how much milder thursday morning will look. thursday will be milder across the uk. the clouds are streaming in from the north—west. through the course of this evening and night, a light south—westerly wind coming in, pushing in a weather front which is going to bring rain to north—western areas, but not until a bit later on on thursday. ahead of that, even underneath the clearing skies, it's not going to get that cold. five, six, 7 degrees in some areas first thing on thursday morning. colder in the south—west. right across most of the south—west. right across most of the uk on thursday morning —— bright. the cloud will build a bit b

iam i am excited. ifeel good, iam excited.eaner. the less two days, andi little cleaner. the less two days, and i missed a shot with a sum which is today. other than that, it has been a pretty clean last couple days. really good, really consistent. i have moved myself off the board. i know it is packed up there, but at least i got a shot. that's all the sport for now. you can find more of those stories on the bbc sport website and we will have more in the next hour. thank you. the water regulator is to investigate why thousands of homes in england and wales suffered shortages or a total loss of supply after the recent cold weather. 0fwat says its review will determine whether companies had proper contingency plans in place. simonjones reports. emergency water handouts on the streets. tens of thousands of customers, particularly in south—east england and parts of wales, forced to endure days of inconvenience, as the taps ran dry. they sent me a message — oh, the water's fixed. nothing was fixed! i think this is absolutely appal

iam cityjust on the strength of that, but... the record they have achieved in tinkling triangles. there is a phrase you don't hear the prime ministers say every day. that's all for now. there is a round—up of the day in parliament every night at 11pm on bbc parliament. for now, from me, mandy baker, goodbye. friday felt like spring in some places, but the weekend plunges straight back into winter. cold, with snow and ice, which could cause some disruption. we will see a band of snowfall moving across southern parts of the country during saturday morning. that could a quick covering, and then these showers feeding from the east. it will be quite hit and miss, but some places will see a few centimetres of snow. not as much snow for northern ireland in scotland, here there will be some spells of sunshine. wherever you are, it will feel cold, temperatures not much above freezing. add in the strength of the easterly wind, it will feel bitter. asa easterly wind, it will feel bitter. as a going to saturday evening, met office amber war

iam sorry, i know. that not bad in an attempt to break the ice. i am sorry, i know.ou have got three people in hospital having been poisoned with a nerve agent, it is not a time for sillyjokes on twitter. again, there has also been russian bots interfering in western democracy around the world. i think it isjust not a laughing matter actually. tasteless and inappropriate? no, it is a deflection tactic. i think they are quite funny in some ways but we all pay attention to them, discussing them here now, we would be discussing the russian embassy if they haven't done that. it was like a press office, they did the same, the liberal democrat press office. what you think the russian reaction would be to these kind of tweets from an official british account?” wouldn't know but i think in terms of the russian reaction to these tweets, most russian people would be quite enjoying this trolling, i think. in terms of your point about seriousness, russian people tend to be less squeamish and politically correct on these issues. when most russian people see these tweets they will

iam not, iam here. chance to go third in the scottish premiership. hibs went ahead in the second minute, had their keeper sent off not long after, and held out until the final stages when chris kane equalised for stjohnstone. the cheltenham gold cup is one of the biggest racing events of the year — and we got a contest which lived up to that billing. it was, literally, a two horse race with native river holding off the favourite might bite. that gave jockey richard johnson his second gold cup triump — and a first for trainer colin tizzard. it was the champions of super league against the leaders leeds rhinos, won. of super league last night, and the champions, leeds rhinos, won. they ended st helens unbeaten run since the start of the season thanks to a strong second half performance. ash handley scored two of the rhinos' five tries. elsewhere salford beat hull fc. some tennis news for you and venus williams has been knocked out in the semi—finals at indian wells and so has world number one simona halep

i wouldn‘t have been where iam teacher. and some outbreaks of rain across the uk for the coming week or so. we‘ll so have mild air with us coming from the atlantic. you can see the yellow colours on the map indicating milder air. colder air waiting in the wings as we head towards friday and the end of the week. for the rest of tonight, you can see the cloud moving in from the north—west, a few showers for the west of scotland. also one or two outbreaks of rain across eastern parts of england, particularly east anglia, that should ease during thursday morning. it's should ease during thursday morning. it‘s looking dry for most of us. clear skies and lightest wins in wales and south—west england, there could just be a touch of frost, some mist and fog patches as well. most of us, reasonably mild to start thursday morning. during thursday, initially some outbreaks of rain across eastern england, slowly clearing towards the east. then a lot of dry, fine and reasonably sunny weather, particularly in eastern scotland and eastern

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me, iam either licence so it really is not for everybody. me, i am off to get some flying lessons.or business briefing this hour — but before we go — here are the markets —asian markets rallied on the back of peace hopes — there was already some optimism on the markets after mr trump ealier lef the door open for possible exmeptions on us tariffs on steel and aluminium. pressure is mounting on counterterrorism police to identify the assailant of sergei and yulia skripal sergei and yulia skripal who remained critically ill. the policeman who rushed to the aid is inert serious but stable condition. police cordoned off and set a guard in the cemetery. this is the spot where his sons bashers are in turn. detective sergeant nick that it was not the first to help as they fought for their lives. he is said to be in a serious condition but recovering. he isa a serious condition but recovering. he is a great character, he is a huge presence in welsh police, well liked, well loved, massively dedicated officer. he has clearly received great medical help. a high level of treatment. in russia, s

iam david eades. these are the latest headlines.s again denied involvement. britain has expelled 23 russian diplomats, about a third of those based in the uk. researchers in the us say they have found particles of plastic in some of the most popular brands of bottled water. an average of ten plastic particles per litre were discovered, each larger than the width of a human hair. now it is time look at the stories that are making the headlines in media across the world. we begin with the independent and prime minister theresa may who has ordered 23 russian embassy officials to leave britain in the biggest number of diplomatic expulsions since the cold war. meanwhile deutsche welle focusses on upcoming russian elections asking whether voters have little choice but to remain with current president vladimir putin. the times world section says democrat conor lamb's apparent victory in a congressional district where president trump stormed to victory in 2016 is an ominous sign facing republicans in november's us midterm elections. the tel

that he does, when you listen to her speech and she announced that this is what iam going and she announcedfor, she really tried to strike the time that those issues that are on her mind of the inequality, the vast inequality in new york state, she says it is the worst state in the whole of the united dates, with the gap between the rich and the poor is as vast. which is not surprising to hear when you think financial there, wall street, investment banking, that kind of thing. right, love of cats is big business. absolutely. it is big business, james, despite the fa ct big business, james, despite the fact that you do not like them. no, ido fact that you do not like them. no, i do not like them. this is in china, is big business, iwould i do not like them. this is in china, is big business, i would say it is big is this everywhere. lovers, pet lovers, it is pets in general, isn't it? to get myself out of issue here, pets in general are an enormous business and in china of course, cats, or owning of cats is enormous, enormous business from the medical care and all of the different... hospita

iam cod... that is part of the problem.ick one, reasonably priced. i would go simply with macro. it is the most readily available, the most familiar for people, i think. a little bit of oil in the pan, skin side down. to most of the cooking on the skin side. little bit of butter, squeeze of lemon. that is as simple as it gets. unfussy, clean cooking. do you want to just finished a break for us. it goes anywhere with its dues, beetroot, orange. it is a really good dish. that is something that you can do quite easily, at home. thank you so much. stay with us, headlines are coming up.

but i don't know what the fans, iam not sure if room.have words or conflict after a performance like that? there's one game in the championship tonight between two big clubs — middlesbrough v leeds with both teams bidding to get into the play off places. middlesbrough are two doles out, both coming from patrick ba mford and still a doles out, both coming from patrick bamford and still a few minutes until half—time. barry hawkins eased into the semi—finals of snooker‘s welsh 0pen. into the semi—finals of snooker‘s welsh open. the englishman beat china's yan bingtao five frames to one in cardiff, knocking in a break of 141 one in cardiff, knocking in a break of 1111 as he did so. hawkinsjoins the world number 58, thailand's noppon saengkham in the last four. meanwhille there's a potentially cracking quarterfinal going on between three time winner ronnie 0'sullivan and four time winnerjohn higgins — both in excellent form. these other live pictures from cardiff. john higgins is two frames to just cardiff. john higgins is two frames tojust o

iam was pitch black when i arrived here too. i am excited about this.you think about the nordic countries, i am about to go to norway to have a break over easter myself so i am hoping... they have dropped off the top spot. i am hoping the happiness ru bs top spot. i am hoping the happiness rubs off. it looks that way. it is interesting, you look at what people —— what can make people happy and what makes them less happy and it has picked out the us, which has fallen down and they talk about depression, about obesity and drugs. no surprise that that would not make you happy. all of those issues are essentially about health and well—being. that old phrase, health and happiness get—together. is a pretty fundamental measure. this story really shows it. i think we should all head to the nordics for a dose of happiness. may be. quite a lot of responses. our conversation is coming from all over the world and they share that view. thank you very much a. —— thank you very much. thanks for watching the briefing, from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello th

iam against i am against boycotts by one country u nless i am against boycotts by one country unless its positive and practical backing, and that means yes, france, and spain and germany and other countries ideally also support that action. then you make a difference. my action. then you make a difference. my worry is that if one country like england says we are not going to ta ke england says we are not going to take part in a world cup, one other country will replace us and the country will replace us and the country that will be damaged and will be most upset by what has happened is called england. there are claims date there have been high—level talks within the faa about a potential boycott. do you think that they are considering it asa think that they are considering it as a viable option? the more likely option is the dignitaries, the suits not going to moscow, saint petersburg and the rest. will that affect the russians? not really. will it make people feel better that there is some symbolic gesture? perhaps. do you feel than the pfa needs to do more to reassure fans in the l

iam not being a novel idea to a major corporation.owledge about the responsibilities, legal and ethical, that come with that have kept pace with the growth. similar calls have been made in the uk and investors are perhaps beginning to show signs of concern as well. mark zuckerberg if he hired a high balls and does not front and centre, this has the potential to grow into something much more odorous. so it is time to get ahead of the storm before it turns into a hurricane. facebook became a multibillion dollar industry because it made advertising more effective by knowing more about each and every one of us. it seems that that innovation was given added power to political proper gander as well. many of you have been in touch about the story. we will share your comments about the use of your data later in the news briefing. and now, a new boss at the central bank in china. a us educated economist. you can see him here behind ming. —— behind me. let's go to our asia business hub where rico hizon is following the story. tell us more about

iam hoping i am hoping that we'll appear behind me. that was last year alone.gures say put the number of european cars exported to america at almost 1.15 million. that will do a lot of cars. but that was a lot of cars. meanwhile, in the same year, car imports from the eu to the us were worth $7,500 million — that's just 233,778 units. but the united states already imposes a 2.5% tariff on cars assembled in europe. meanwhile, europe imposes a higher 10% tariff on us—built cars. but many german firms, like daimler, bmw and vw, already build many of their vehicles at plants within the united states. in fact, germany's car body, the vda, said their factories in the us made 804,000 units last year — way more than the 494,000 exported from germany. let's get more on this story with ana nicholls, she's the managing editor of industry briefing, at the economist intelligence unit who joins me via webcam from india. just give us your take on this. when we look at the hard fact and tariffs on us cars coming into europe and vice—versa, it looks like the eu is playing a tou

iam i am feeling slightly anxious about going to see it. too brutal?like that. promise me that you will see it. let me sell it to you like this. it is tough. joaquin phoenix plays a hit man character going to get a lost teenager and it has violence and brutality but it is done poetically. done in a way which is moving, often funny and touching. and very poetic. not the film it sounds like when you describe the plot, i promise. in the same way thatjourneyman is not a story about boxing, it's not really about boxing. you will love it. dvd of the week? ingrid goes west. aubrey plaza stars as this young woman who can't distinguish between social media and reality. someone famous likes one of her post so someone famous likes one of her post so she thinks they are friends and she moves closer to be with her. it reminds me of the brilliant film the king of comedy. it is kind of like a stalker story — on the one hand dark and sinister, on the other hand comic, and it walks that tightrope very well. it didn't get a big audience in cinemas but deserves one on dv

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iam rico hizon. we start off with the social media giant.ted calls for mark zuckerberg to go before congress, he has finally said he will. the company has come under intense criticism over its handling of user data. investors seem to be losing confidence in the social media company as well. what is happening? we are seeing facebook get beaten up on wall street. we saw maul falls on wall street and it brings a decline in market value to about 18%, it works out to about $100 billion. we are basically seeing questions about whether facebook can ramp up the protections around its data and privacy. and if they are not happy with mark zuckerberg's testimony because the tougher regulation. mayoral worried about tougher regulation. whether we can see the businesses continue to advertise with these firms given the loss of investor and public trust. facebook and many technology companies are hurting. thank you for the update. the investigation is continuing into an incident where a self driving ebbo killed a woman in arizona recently. despite ebbo's p

even though it is so early, iam scones. even though it is so early, i am ready for them. i don't know about you. after the chat. but we go to theresa may, set to hit back at russia over the spy affair. what is the times saying? this picture looks like selling off of films that. we understand that as many as 500 people could have been is exposed to this agent, as yet unnamed. really, there has been frustration in the general public and the media about the pace of developments. i feel that is an unfair criticism on one level. if you have a potential international crime having occurred, investigators will need some time to investigate. now it is time for the government response. so theresa may is about to openly accused russia of its involvement in this. and it is interesting timing because russia is on the brink of an election. so the presidential election is coming up. also, it is hosting the world cup in june. and what is different about this event as opposed to alexander litvinenko is because as you mentioned, 500 people could have been affected, in the public, just in s

i could be, iam not. i'm here. i'm here, and i'm going to be here.o way — no way i'm going to change my mentality. what an extraordinary out burst from jose mourinho, thatjust part of 12 minutes and more. you can see at all if you have the time on the bbc sport website, all because they were not in the hat for the champions league quarterfinal draw. perhaps fitting that their two biggest rivals were paired together. liverpool and manchester city will face each other in the champions league quarter—finals. they have been drawn together today in what will be the first all—english last—eight tie in the competition since 2011. a fascinating draw, manchester city two wins away from the premier league title at the moment. liverpool are the only premier league team to beat city this season. it finished 4—3 at anfield in january. the previous meeting finished at 5—0, so let's go ahead and promise goals. their draw will ta ke and promise goals. their draw will take them 30 miles each way at crosby and 62. moving further away, and people who have to travel som

iam. i'm going exciting. you are going to be there tonight. i am.ttending a party, and that is going to be very exciting. it feels like christmas. when the town comes alive. we have a sneak preview there of what you are going to be wearing. i tried this dress on, and i could have a few more options, so i have a few more hours to go. you can never pick the first one! thank you so much. we will of course bring you all the winners and the reaction from the red carpet here on bbc news. and you can find much more on the academy awards — to give them their full title — on our website. just log on to bbc.co.uk/news with this amount of snow is still lying in some part of the british isles, it will be awhile before we see a significant change in the weather type. it will stay pretty u nsettled. weather type. it will stay pretty unsettled. some snow in the forecast, but it will stay predominantly on the hills. something perhaps a bit more continuous getting into the northern and eastern parts of scotland. the low pressure and not! million miles away in the la

the government is committed to achieving parity of esteem for mental health, iam parity of esteem foralth, i am proud of our achievements and we have invested more than ever before in mental health spending an estimated £211.6 billion. additional investment to improve services for eating disorders which disproportionately affect women and we have introduced the first waiting time standards for mental health. turning to the topic of apprenticeships, which was raised by the noble lady baroness gail, we are using the employer apprenticeship diversity champions then work to champion gender representation in industries where improvement is needed. also, the recently published careers guidance strategy includes a commitment to ensuring that stem encounters, that means meeting with people from stem organisations. such as employers and apprenticeships. they are built into the school career programme by updating the statutory guidance. baroness gail also mentioned encouraging women into engineering and as a former engineer myself, i think this is a great thing. this is the year of engineering

iam rico hizon. we for this edition of asia business support. i am rico hizon.off with uber and after pulling out off with uber and after pulling out of china, it is now giving up another, selling its business in south east asia to regional rival, grab and. two more, i'mjoined now by my colleague and business reporter. why there retreating from asia? it comes down to money, uber is reducing its footprint in asia because it is such a competitive market and they are not really able to turn a profit. so they obstruct this deal would grab, which is very similarto this deal would grab, which is very similar to what they did in china. this is what we know about the deal so this is what we know about the deal so far, it is that uber is selling its south—east asian business for an undisclosed sum. employees are expecting some redundancies but will not know any details until those companies formally announce it, which is expected later today, however uber does maintain some presence in asia. they are still operational in taiwan, japan, south korea, as well as india. now,